Because after the duo won the 11th annual tournament for the third consecutive year on Sunday, they practically own it anyway.

Walters and Judy fired a blistering final round 10-under par 62 -- capped off with three straight birdies -- turning their first-round, two-stroke deficit into a five-stroke victory with a 36-hole total of 17-under par 127 at River Run Golf Links.

"We hit every green except one, we had no three-putts," Walters said. "That's how you shoot a 62."

They made eight birdies Sunday, five on Saturday, when they hit all 18 greens, Walters said.

"We didn't make a bogey all weekend," Judy said.

It was the fourth straight time Walters has won this tournament, including 2011, with Aaron Bishop.

“You're talking 'legendary,' ” Walters said facetiously, about his run of titles. “Legend—wait for it –dary! We come out and play to win. So when you win, you did what you set out to do. Yeah, it's absolutely great.”

"He enjoys the pressure," said Mike Stillwell, who has played against Walters for years.

"It's not the U.S. Open," Walters said. "We're all friends. It's all about bragging rights. We all know any of us can win."

Shane Fairchild, wearing his Masters shirt and visor on the final day of Augusta, lines up a putt on No.9. STAFF PHOTO/TOM BALOG

Drew Mitchell and Chad Stancil (68-132) finished second and the first-round leader Scott Yow-Mike Calomeris, who shot 63 Saturday, faded out with a 70 (133), to settle for a tie for third place. Neil Kopinski-Bob Thorpe (69-133), who came in tied with Mitchell-Stancil, were also third.

“I talked to Mike and he said they made nothing all day,” Walters said. “Drew and Chad are both great players. Neither one of them played very well, but they kind of hung around.”

Kris Vasallo-Paul Vasallo (71-66 137) won the first flight, Mike Gilbert-Shane Sherwood (73-69 142) took the second flight and Bob Burns-Jim Burns (77-79 156) won the third flight.

Walters-Judy were in third place entering Sunday's final round.

"I was right where I wanted to be,” Walters said.

"We thought 63 would be a good number," Judy said.

"Yesterday was a hit and miss," Walters said. "Today, we made a couple putts we probably shouldn't have ... where yesterday we didn't make those. Really that was the difference."

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT

NAME

NAME

1st Rnd

2nd Rnd

Final

1

Judy, Tim

Walters, Phil

65

62

127

2

Mitchell, Drew

Stancil, Chad

64

68

132

3

Calomeris, Mike

Yow, Scott

63

70

133

4

Kopinski, Neil

Thorpe, Bob

64

69

133

Kirby, Paul

Peabody, David

68

67

135

Bibler, Rick

Soucie, Bill

69

68

137

Clarkson, Joe

Wenck, Ray

69

68

137

Walters, Jack

Walters, John

66

72

138

Lugten, Lon

White, Jim

68

71

139

Hodges, Boots

Jaudon, Jeff

68

73

141

Ash, Jerry

Scheid, Ed

69

75

144

Marx, Gary

Vandergraff, John

67

78

145

FIRST FLIGHT

NAME

NAME

1st Rnd

2nd Rnd

Final

1

Vasallo, Kris

Vasallo, Paul

71

66

137

2

Bennett, Jack

Blassick, Kenny

72

72

144

3

Bebout, Jesse

Stilwell, Michael

71

74

145

4

Bueby, Mark

Petitt, Jeff

71

74

145

Triebel, Achim

Zajdel, Adam

70

75

145

Fairchild, Shane

Saalman, David

70

76

146

Howard, Chris

Mungillo, Randy

70

76

146

Eisner, Andrew

Eisner, Jim

71

76

147

Russini, Bill

Williams, Jim

71

78

149

White, Fred

White, Tom

72

77

149

Alexander, Scott

Myers, Shawn

70

80

150

Thorogood, Ken

Tuomi, Kaarlo

70

82

152

SECOND FLIGHT

NAME

NAME

1st Rnd

2nd Rnd

Final

1

Gilbert, Mike

Sherwood, Shane

73

69

142

2

Dean, Cas

VanVranken, John

74

71

145

3

Coulter, Mike

Luomala, Paul

73

75

148

4

Murati, Frank

Walters, Ron

74

75

149

George, Gary

Taylor, Greg

75

75

150

Blackwell, Jerry

Poston, Wayne

75

76

151

Miller, Russ

Vernet, Doug

73

78

151

Redmond, Carl

Redmond, Matt

75

76

151

Frost, John

Gilliland, Merrill

73

79

152

Martin, Bruce

Proos, Gary

74

80

154

Minarich, Pete

Redmond, Tyler

73

81

154

Pritchard, Jason

Rhind, Jason

73

84

157

Dusich, Donald

Lewis, Rock

75

84

159

Loper, Ralph

Uveges, Charles

75

88

163

3RD FLIGHT

Jim Burns, left, and his brother, Bob Burns, won the Third Flight. STAFF PHOTO/TOM BALOG

NAME

NAME

1st Rnd

2nd Rnd

Final

1

Burns, Bob

Burns, Jim

77

79

156

2

Hawley, David

O'Connor, Chad

77

81

158

3

Hryhorchuk, John

Miller, Tom

81

78

159

4

Cain, Donald

Schwartz, Ken

79

81

160

Farrelly, John

Hegarty, James

83

78

161

Dobbs, Doug

McLellan, Jim

80

84

164

Riese, Doc

Rosario, Rafael

83

81

164

Gregorich, Steve

Koczersut, Mick

80

85

165

McNaughton, John

Peterson, Tim

79

86

165

Squire, Craig

Uphoff, Brian

76

92

168

Duncan, Craig

O'Connor, Kevin

87

88

175

Busiere, Steven

Mclaughlin, Tom

93

86

179

Gallo, Tony

France, Dan

91

97

188

Paliki, Frank

Paliki, Pete

88

105

193

Tom Balog

Tom Balog is a reporter for HT Golf. Contact him via email, or at (941) 315-0764.

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